God created us to be with Him
Our sin separated us from God
Sin cannot be removed by good deeds
Paying the price for sin, Jesus died and rose again
Everyone who trusts in Him alone will have eternal life.
Life with Jesus starts now and lasts forever!
Donβt think about it.
Donβt try to be cool.
Tell me, what was your favorite book when you were 12?
βCould it be chance, mere circumstance
That man eats cow eats grass eats soil
And then man dies, and when he lies
To soil he does return?β
Waking up mad thereβs no Mennonite flag I can put in my bioβ¦ but I guess that kind of defeats the whole point. Maybe I should revert to the ways of my ancestors and learn to make a mean farmer sausage
I am so thankful to Jesus Christ, the work of the Holy Spirit, Pastor Ray Ortlund and his excellent book, Freedom Session, the menβs group, and my local community of believers at Oceanside Church Nanaimo. Thank you Jesus!!
If you are still in the pit, as I was for almost 8 years, there is real hope, love, mercy, forgiveness, and freedom for you in Christ. Never give up! Never back down! Never surrender!
And I could not more highly recommend this book by Ray Ortlund. Life changing.
in their own battlefields, and I have experienced so much healing in multiple areas in that time. I started going to see a Christian therapist and went through a church program called βFreedom Sessionβ that invites Jesus to heal the emotional and spiritual wounds of the past.
Now I live with the best roommates, I work at my church youth group and I am dating the love of my life, a wonderful, beautiful woman inside and out who looks at me like God does. I am not at all perfect but my God is.
for meals, Bible study, confession, and prayer. We were brutally honest with each other about the nature of our brokenness, and although we often felt like giving up, we had each other to lean on. We never stopped praying for each other. I started seeing my friends take mad Ws
James 5:16-
βTherefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.β
That fall, I started confessing my sins to my local brothers in Christ and meeting together monthly